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Speaking at the [[Munich Security Conference]], Ank Bijleveld stated in 2018 thatthe world could face a large-scale bioweapon attack within “the next 10 to 15 years”, clarifying that “The threat is real, this is not a script for a film.”<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/ank-bijleveld-bioweapon-risk-attack-growing-dutch-defense-minister-says/</ref>
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Speaking at the [[Munich Security Conference]], Ank Bijleveld stated in 2018 that the world could face a large-scale bioweapon attack within “the next 10 to 15 years”, clarifying that “The threat is real, this is not a script for a film.”<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/ank-bijleveld-bioweapon-risk-attack-growing-dutch-defense-minister-says/</ref>
  
 
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Speaking about the [[2015 Hawija bombing]], Ank Bijleveld stated denied Dutch officers had accepted civilian casualties with the remark "We always calculate them. The Americans do that differently".<ref>https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/11/04/burgerslachtoffers-calculeren-we-niet-in-zo-opereren-wij-niet-a3979051</ref>. She stated to the [[Dutch House of Commons]] that they could not "differentiate between IS and civilians in multiple instances that were under investigation by the Public Prosecution Service" in a letter to Dutch Parliament the 4th of November 2019, and blamed "wrong US intelligence and software" telling Dutch officers "no civilians lived in the neighborhood<ref>https://www.defensie.nl/binaries/defensie/documenten/kamerstukken/2019/11/04/transparantie-burgerslachtoffers-bij-luchtaanvallen-in-de-strijd-tegen-isis/Kamerbrief+Transparantie+Burgerslachtoffers.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/11/04/kabinet-erkent-dat-nederlandse-luchtaanval-70-levens-kostte-a3979052/</ref>"
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Speaking about the [[2015 Hawija bombing]], Ank Bijleveld denied Dutch officers had accepted civilian casualties with the remark "We always calculate them. The Americans do that differently".<ref>https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/11/04/burgerslachtoffers-calculeren-we-niet-in-zo-opereren-wij-niet-a3979051</ref>. She stated to the [[Dutch House of Commons]] that they could not "differentiate between IS and civilians in multiple instances that were under investigation by the Public Prosecution Service" in a letter to Dutch Parliament the 4th of November 2019, and blamed "wrong US intelligence and software" telling Dutch officers "no civilians lived in the neighborhood<ref>https://www.defensie.nl/binaries/defensie/documenten/kamerstukken/2019/11/04/transparantie-burgerslachtoffers-bij-luchtaanvallen-in-de-strijd-tegen-isis/Kamerbrief+Transparantie+Burgerslachtoffers.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/11/04/kabinet-erkent-dat-nederlandse-luchtaanval-70-levens-kostte-a3979052/</ref>"
  
 
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Revision as of 14:14, 27 July 2020

Person.png Ank Bijleveld   IMDBRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(politician)
Ank Bijleveld.jpg
Born17 March 1962
NationalityDutch

Employment.png Netherlands/Minister of Defence

In office
26 October 2017 - Present

Ank Bijleveld is a Dutch politician. Unusually for a Dutch Minister of Defence, she is not known to have attended a Bilderberg.

Opinions

Bioweapons

Full article: Bioweapons

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Ank Bijleveld stated in 2018 that the world could face a large-scale bioweapon attack within “the next 10 to 15 years”, clarifying that “The threat is real, this is not a script for a film.”[1]

2015 Hawija bombing

Full article: Rated 5/5 2015 Hawija bombing

Speaking about the 2015 Hawija bombing, Ank Bijleveld denied Dutch officers had accepted civilian casualties with the remark "We always calculate them. The Americans do that differently".[2]. She stated to the Dutch House of Commons that they could not "differentiate between IS and civilians in multiple instances that were under investigation by the Public Prosecution Service" in a letter to Dutch Parliament the 4th of November 2019, and blamed "wrong US intelligence and software" telling Dutch officers "no civilians lived in the neighborhood[3][4]"


 

Event Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Munich Security Conference/201812 February 201814 February 2018Munich
Bavaria
Germany
The 54th Munich Security Conference
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